HawgBeat – Arkansas crushes Oklahoma State, 18-1

ARLINGTON, Texas — Not even 24 hours after struggling an 18-6 loss towards No. 15 TCU, the Eighth-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks (2-1) took their frustrations out on No. 9 Oklahoma State in a 18-1 win over the Cowboys in seven innings at Globe Life Area on Sunday.

By way of 5 innings, the Diamond Hogs plated 15 runs on 10 hits, whereas starter Hunter Hollan restricted OSU to 1 run on three hits in his debut for Arkansas.

Each Razorback starter reached base within the contest, and 11 runs had been pushed in by the the highest 4 within the order — Tavian Josenberger (2), Peyton Stovall (2), Jared Wegner (5) and Brady Slavens (2). Wegner’s day consisted of a bases-clearing triple, a two-run homer, a stroll and a hit-by-pitch.

Arkansas hit .450 (9-of-20) with runners on base, in comparison with Oklahoma State’s .111 (1-of-9). Hollan was robust by means of 4 and the trio of Koty Frank, Cody Adcock and Gage Wooden tossed three scoreless innings to shut issues down.

Here is a recap of Arkansas’ win over the Cowboys, which left with with a 2-1 file on the School Baseball Showdown.

The second inning featured loads of offense from the Razorbacks, who scored 5 runs within the body. Oklahoma State starter Bayden Root allowed the Hogs’ first three batters to succeed in and cargo the bases with no outs.

An RBI single from John Bolton was adopted by an RBI groundout from Tavian Josenberger, and the Hogs shortly took a two-run benefit. Two batters later, Jared Wegner crushed a bases-clearing triple to proper that prolonged the result in 5-0 within the second.

After a 1-2-3 inning from Hollan, the Hogs posted 5 extra runs within the backside of the third. John Bolton had a sac-fly that scored Jace Bohrofen, Peyton Stovall hit a two-RBI single into middle and Wegner stayed scorching with a 365-foot two-run homer to left.

Arkansas’ lefty hurler stranded a pair of runners within the backside of the third and the Cowboys’ freshman righty Gabe Davis sat the Hogs down so as within the high of the fourth.

Springdale native Marcus Brown drove in OSU’s first run on a sac-fly within the backside of the fourth, however Hollan bounced again and ended the inning together with his fifth strikeout of the sport.

Davis’ second inning did not go so properly, because the Hogs plated 4 runs towards him and two runners had been on with two outs when he was pulled with a 3-1 rely towards Jayson Jones. Freshman Kade Shatwell entered for the Cowboys and threw ball 4 to Jones after which issued a bases-loaded stroll to Parker Rowland that made it 15-1 in favor of Arkansas earlier than Shatwell ended the inning with a strikeout.

The highest of the sixth noticed three Hogs make their season debut — Mason Neville, Peyton Holt and Ben McLaughlin. Neville was the one profitable batter, as he lined a single to right-center in his first collegiate at bat.

Adcock got here on within the backside of the sixth and labored a 1-2-3 inning. Extra debuts got here within the high of the seventh for Arkansas as Reese Robinett and Hunter Grimes led the body off with back-to-back singles of their first at bats as Hogs.

Each Robinett and Grimes crossed dwelling on a pair of sac-flys that made it an 17-1 Arkansas lead. One other run crossed on an RBI single from Peyton Holt, which made it a 17-run benefit.

Wooden got here on to close issues down within the backside of the seventh, which was a 1-2-3 inning for the freshman righty.

Up subsequent, the Diamond Hogs will play their dwelling opener towards the Grambling Tigers on Tuesday at Baum-Walker Stadium. First pitch is ready for 3 p.m. CT and it’ll streamed on the SEC Community Plus.